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Public Health Sector Definition

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Depends:
The impoverished utilize health and other facilities and depend upon the public for support. They can be the source of some types of communicable illness. Dealing with poverty can cut down some of these risks although the diligence for this varies from state to state.
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Public health is a field of study in which a person studies how health and disease affects a community or society, and how government entities or programs can best deliver medical advice and treatments to a large population. The local department of public health is also called "public health".
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Similar:
Population health is often used by health plans to refer to providing services to the entire spectrum of members -- all ages and health conditions, from the perfectly healthy to those with multiple chronic conditions. Public health usually refers to services provided by government agencies for the entire population or specific segments of the population, such as water treatment or immunizations.
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Subtle:
I'd say public health relates to macro health concerns about larger populations and community health is more related to the micro concerns of a specific population or community. You will probably see the terms used somewhat interchangeably depending on the context.
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Community vs. PH:
In community medicine the primary focus is on individual with emphasis placed on disease diagnosis, treatment, and care for the individual patient. In Public Health the primary focus is on populations with emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion for the entire community.
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Medicine vs. PH:
In medicine the primary focus is on individual with emphasis placed on disease diagnosis, treatment, and care for the individual patient. In Public Health the primary focus is on populations with emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion for the entire community.
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Sweets and govt.:
Agree you do not want govt. 2 control what u drink but if everyone did what is right for themselves, and paid att.2 the phd bulletins/educational literature, the govt. Did not have to intervene! you would be amazed what pediatricians are required to do as part of the preventive care guidelines as a result of governmental policies as well. But all in all is it is good for people's health.
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Public health:
The public health nutritionalist has as their "patient" a large population of individuals e.g. School age children, or college students or low income communities or various groups of people including general national populations. The health role includes all factors concerning nutrition and can be very broad in its definition.
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There are ten:
The ten essential public health services provide the framework for the nphpsp. Because the strength of a public health system rests on its capacity to effectively deliver the ten essential public health services, the nphpsp instruments health systems assess how well they perform them. As too little space here to list: see http://www.Apha.Org/programs/standards/performancestandardsprogram/resexxen.
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State health dept:
All states have a department of public health although the names might be a little different. Most counties and cities also have such departments. Their job frequently involves promotion rather than regulation and they get involved in epidemics, disease clusters, communicable disease, public sanitation including cleanliness in restaurants, etc.
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From the CDC::
Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems.
Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
Enforce laws and regulations.
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See below:
There are lot of programs available for elderly sponsored by either private, public, non profit/profit and grant organization. These programs allow to stay active, to participate activities , to receive proper nutrition, to maintain wellness and to promote for independence.
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Not enough yet:
I think that social media will prove helpful, but their sue so far is far too limited. However, much good (as well as bad) information can be found on the web. See www.Jpc-se.Org to learn about developing policy issues. (i am the chair of that international committee.).
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Test questions?:
Environmental exposures are often raised as issues for leukemia, and excess cases in a region often prompt investigation of factors in common among clusters.
the health care system, and financing thereof, are also pertinent public health issues since leukemia treatment capabilities may be unevenly distributed geographically, and often have high costs, unevenly born by insured and non-insured.
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Basic hygiene!:
Public health is focused on keeping the greatest number of people healthy, alive, and without disease. The most common cause of morbidity and mortality in the world is transmissible infections due to poor hygienic conditions. Therefore, primary public health focuses on sources of clean water and effective sewer systems; critical in reducing risk of infections and keeping people healthy and alive.
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Drug abuse:
Yes it most certainly is. Due to this there is a flurry of legislation, guidelines, restrictions that will ultimately impact on the use of medications to the detriment of the patients.
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